The Elder: a creature born of the oblivion from before time began. Once only an abstract expression, it was given physical form and entered the human realm out of hunger. It fashioned a bauble of chaos and secret worlds (maps) to use as a hunting ground. The Elder would drag children off into the night and feast on their imagination and nightmares. In such a way it cultivated and spread the oblivion from outside time and space, also known as the Decay. To stop it, a group of parents known as the Watchers of Decay entered its realm and used the sword Starforge to trap its body in stone, though its spirit was left free to roam the worlds it had created. Eventually it was discovered by Valdo Caeserius, who led High Templar Venarius into its realm. Venarius freed its body, after which it began to prey upon the children of Oriath.
